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noun

Guardian n.

1.

One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

2.

(Law) One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. "Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child."

Guardian ad litem (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit.

Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.

adjective

Guardian adj. Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.

Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d.

Guardian angel.

(a)

The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth.

(b)

Hence, a protector or defender in general.

Guardian spirit, in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Carter nest which they considered well-feathered for me. It gave them all a sensation when they found out from the will just how well it was feathered. And it gave me one, too. All that money would make me nervous if Mr. Carter hadn't made Doctor John its guardian, though I sometimes feel that the responsibility of me makes him treat me as if he were my step-grandfather-in-law. But all in all, though stiff in its knees with aristocracy, Hillsboro is lovely and loving; and couldn't inquisitiveness be called just ...

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